Selecting The Flash Mode - Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 Instruction Manual

Selecting the flash mode

1
Press the Fn button to display the Quick Navi screen (page 46).
• When the enlarged display screen is used, set up from the menu (page 102).
2
Select the flash item with v/V/b/
B on the multi-selector.
3
Select the desired mode with the front or rear control dial.
(Autoflash)
(Fill-flash)
(Rear sync.)
(Wireless)
To perform wireless flash shooting
Set the flash mode of the camera to
1
Set the HVL-F58AM as the wireless controller and attach it to the
2
camera.
Place the other flash apart from the camera.
3
If you perform a test fire of the flash, press the AEL button.
4
It is recommended that you set [AEL button] to [AEL hold] or [
hold] in the
If you select [AEL toggle] or [
the slow sync recording mode to switch on and off.
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Fires if it is dark or against light. This is selectable only when
the AUTO mode is selected.
Fires every time the shutter is released.
Fires right before the exposure is completed. You can capture
a flowing light or the trail of a moving subject in a more
realistic way when shooting a moving subject using a slower
shutter speed with the flash.
Rather than attaching a flash on the camera, you can create
more contrast, resulting in a more three-dimensional picture.
Two or more wireless flashes* are required, including an
HVL-F58AM.
* HVL-F58AM, HVL-F56AM, HVL-F42AM, HVL-F36AM
Custom menu.
(Wireless).
AEL toggle], every test fire will cause
AEL